Hyannis has a half-dozen beaches, but several are private or reserved for town-resident taxpayers. For the others, you pay for the beach by paying for parking, so if you walk there, or arrive late in the afternoon after the pay-collectors are gone, you probably won't have to pay.

Here are Hyannis's three public beaches, and the other public beaches in the Town of Barnstable:

Veterans Park Beach
Closest beach to the center of Hyannis, Veterans Park Beach on Ocean Street overlooks Hyannis's boat-filled harbor and the Hyannis Yacht Club.

Facilities include bathhouse, toilets, snack sales, and a lifeguard.

There are picnic areas and pay parking right behind the beach in Veterans Park. It's 1.2 miles (1.93 km) south of the JFK Museum on Main Street in the center of Hyannis, a walk of 20 to 30 minutes.

	Kalmus Park Beach, Hyannis MA

Kalmus Park Beach
Kalmus Park Beach, 1.4 miles (2.25 km; 25- to 35-minute walk) from the JFK Museum on Hawes Avenue at the southern end of Ocean Street, is actually two beaches: one toward the harbor and one toward the ocean.

A bathhouse, toilets, lifeguard and snack sales serve both, and there's pay parking.

Orrin Keyes Beach
At the southern end of Sea Street, 1.3 miles (2.09 km; 22- to 28-minute walk) from the JFK Museum, Keyes Beach has a bathhouse, toilets, lifeguard, snack sales and pay parking, and extends westward into Ocean Avenue Beach toward the Kennedy Compound.

The Town of Barnstable, of which Hyannis is a part, has additional public beaches, including Craigville Beach, largest on Cape Cod, in Craigville; Sandy Neck Beach, off MA Route 6A facing Cape Cod Bay in West Barnstable; and the pond beach on Hathaway's Pond, on Phinney's Lane in Barnstable.

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